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but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race were doing it. this was about a gigantic lie that went on for 15 years. >> real quickly, this concept that he can come forward and say everyone was doing it, so it was a level playing field, does he get away with that? >> no! because the worldwide lie on lance armstrong was i'm clean and everybody else is dirty. so how does -- in all ways, how does he put that back in the bottle now? >> and is the sport still dirty? in other words this is about a system that turned a blind eye to this for its own benefit for years and years. is that system still in place? >> the cyclists are always trying to stay ahead of the testers, okay? but the idea that he's now the whistleblower, he reminds me of one of
but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race were doing it. this was about a gigantic lie that went on for 15 years. >> real quickly, this concept that he can come forward and say everyone was...
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following the interview opera tweeted, just wrapped with lance armstrong. he came ready. last year he was stripped of his seven tour titles and banned for life following a report from the u.s. anti-doping agency, a report that labeled armstrong as the mastermind of a, quote, systematic, sustained and highly professionalized team-run doping conspiracy. nbc news has learned that in a conversation the 41-year-old armstrong said, quote, it was just the way the game was played at the time, so it was a level playing field. before he interviewed with oprah, armstrong visited the headquarters of the cancer foundation he founded. there he told the livestrong staff, quote, i'm sorry, and apologized for letting them down. but did not give them a full admission. >> people at livestrong have been pressuring him for a little while now to minimize this damage. >> reporter: damage years of lying and cheating has done to an organization and to the legacy of a sports icon. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> so what about the potential legal and financial fallout ahead for the athlete worth an est
following the interview opera tweeted, just wrapped with lance armstrong. he came ready. last year he was stripped of his seven tour titles and banned for life following a report from the u.s. anti-doping agency, a report that labeled armstrong as the mastermind of a, quote, systematic, sustained and highly professionalized team-run doping conspiracy. nbc news has learned that in a conversation the 41-year-old armstrong said, quote, it was just the way the game was played at the time, so it was...
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armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past. you've been on this show. you said, matt, i lied right to your face in the past. >> yes. >> but when you wrote your book and accused lance armstrong of doping he came out strongly against you. and he said, quote -- a statement released by his people, writing a book today about events that allegedly took place more than ten years ago is not about setting the record straight or righting a wrong. it is greedy, opportunistic and self serving. does he owe you an apology? >> for me, he owes an awful lot of other people an apology. i don't need an apology. we've known each other a l
armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past....
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. >> reporter: after years of denials, stein file tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance-enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: those who have followed armstrong say tonight's admission is self-serving. >> i believe that he is completely insincere except for this, he is starting to repair his own brand. >> reporter: a brand that was loss millions in endorsements after armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles. on thursday, the international olympic committee stripped armstrong of the bronze medal he won during the 2000 sidney olympics. >> i'll spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people. >> reporter: accolades gone for a sports icon now coming clean. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> and a quick programming note, this morning on the "today" show, exclu
. >> reporter: after years of denials, stein file tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance-enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: those who have followed armstrong...
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what does he think about lance armstrong's confession. he has a brand-new reality show. >> along with his fiance. kianna. >> let's go inside with natalie with a check on all the headlines. >> good morning again, matt, savannah, al. new developments in algeria. ties to al kade at that took dozens of hostages including americans. 20 hostages including americans escaped but militants are claiming algerian helicopters opened fire killing dozens of hostages and kidnappers. some hostages are still held at the remote gas facility in algeria. >>> boeing's new 787 dreamliner plane is now grounded in the u.s., europe, japan and india. there's concern that a lithium ion battery can overheat and cause a fire. it caused al nippon to make an emergency landing. it's under investigation by the federal aviation administration. >>> president obama is facing gop opposition after unveiling his $500 million gun control package. acting in response to the shooting rampage in newtown, connecticut, the president called on congress to ban the sale of military styl
what does he think about lance armstrong's confession. he has a brand-new reality show. >> along with his fiance. kianna. >> let's go inside with natalie with a check on all the headlines. >> good morning again, matt, savannah, al. new developments in algeria. ties to al kade at that took dozens of hostages including americans. 20 hostages including americans escaped but militants are claiming algerian helicopters opened fire killing dozens of hostages and kidnappers. some...
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the associated press now reporting lance armstrong has apologized to the livestrong staff. that happened today before his interview where he's going to come out and possibly apologize to oprah winfrey. armstrong telling the ap, quote, he is ready to speak candidly. that is when a reporter caught up with him during a sunday morning run. armstrong strongly denied the doping charges pressed against him and then he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles a few months ago after the u.s. anti doping agency released a detailed report. the oprah winfrey interview is set to air thursday. should be very interesting. >>> a first look at the torches for the 2014 prk winter games. that's right, the shapes there resembling feathers from a fire bird, which is a character from russian fairy tales. it's colored ready to match the shade used in traditional russian sports. and the torch is made out of a very lightweight aluminum, which will help all the runners stay fit and run smooth. the torch relay begins this october in this greece. it will end up in february 2014 in shoichi, russ
the associated press now reporting lance armstrong has apologized to the livestrong staff. that happened today before his interview where he's going to come out and possibly apologize to oprah winfrey. armstrong telling the ap, quote, he is ready to speak candidly. that is when a reporter caught up with him during a sunday morning run. armstrong strongly denied the doping charges pressed against him and then he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles a few months ago after the u.s. anti...
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armstrong. >> it's a constant reminder of how it all began. >> reporter: in 2001, he fought testicular cancer for the second time. overwhelmed by 26 rounds of chemotherapy. >> it was the tumor the size of a big cantaloupe. and a cucumber up his neck. >> it made him fight for his life. and he won. >> reporter: the couple met armstrong several times, after raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for his organization. but with his admission of doping today, they're conflicted. >> they treated people, maybe not the right way over time. but you can't take away what he's done with his name and helped the millions of people who have been diagnosed with cancer. >> shame on lance. but in the same breath, congratulations to him for, you know, his fight with cancer. and it's thanks to that we are where we are now. >> reporter: and it's something else that turned him into an everyday symbol of appreciation. when hammer met him in 2001, he was 48 hours away from having surgery that would prevent him from having anymore kids. months later, hammer was doing well and his wife was pregnant with josh,
armstrong. >> it's a constant reminder of how it all began. >> reporter: in 2001, he fought testicular cancer for the second time. overwhelmed by 26 rounds of chemotherapy. >> it was the tumor the size of a big cantaloupe. and a cucumber up his neck. >> it made him fight for his life. and he won. >> reporter: the couple met armstrong several times, after raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for his organization. but with his admission of doping today, they're...
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the thing about lance armstrong is for 15 years he said he wasn't. he sat in interviews over and over and said he didn't. he demonized the people that accused him of doing it. >> not sort of, he did. >> he sued newspapers that accused him of doing it, and he won. >> took millions of dollars. >> one of the things for some reason -- i don't know why this stuck in my craw so much, but it did. there was a nike commercial, okay, of reporters asking him what he was on. this was during the thick of it. just watch this commercial and tell us what you think. >> this is my body, and i can do whatever i want to it. i can push it, study it, tweak it, listen to it. everybody wants to know what i'm on. what am i on? i'm on my bike busting my [ bleep ] six hours a day. what are you on? >> see? i mean, look at that. >> you think about that ad. >> what are you on? i'm sure he wants to take back every bit of this stuff. you wonder if he hadn't have been on -- if he admits that he was, and now we know that he was, you wonder how good of a cyclist he is. >> right. yeah.
the thing about lance armstrong is for 15 years he said he wasn't. he sat in interviews over and over and said he didn't. he demonized the people that accused him of doing it. >> not sort of, he did. >> he sued newspapers that accused him of doing it, and he won. >> took millions of dollars. >> one of the things for some reason -- i don't know why this stuck in my craw so much, but it did. there was a nike commercial, okay, of reporters asking him what he was on. this...
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. >> there is also new fallout this morning from lance armstrong's confession that he used performance-enhancing drugs. coming up, what the world anti-doping agency says it will demand before it even considers letting armstrong return to competitive sports. a lot of people say that was the motivation for his confession. >>> we're going to talk a little about a fun fact during this severe flu season. did you know the virus can last about eight hours on a surface. this morning we'll tell you what you should avoid touching and we'll conduct a little experiment here in studio 1a to see how many people touch the doorknob coming in our studio in a single morning. >>> and ryan seacrest is here, and he better watch his personal items because he's going to help us out on a segment about the best pick pockets in the world. >> have you ever been pick pocketed? >> no. >> it's awful. >> dylan, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. yes, this is a big storm in that it extends from northern new england all the way down into the gulf of mexico and in areas like worcester, we are seeing the snow continuing
. >> there is also new fallout this morning from lance armstrong's confession that he used performance-enhancing drugs. coming up, what the world anti-doping agency says it will demand before it even considers letting armstrong return to competitive sports. a lot of people say that was the motivation for his confession. >>> we're going to talk a little about a fun fact during this severe flu season. did you know the virus can last about eight hours on a surface. this morning...
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lance armstrong, the disgraced cycling legend promises to speak candidly today during an interview with oprah winfrey. armstrong has been stripped of his record seven tour de france titles because of doping allegations, many expecting him to make at least a partial confession today. that interview airs thursday. >>> wilde tweeted thanks for all the sweet congratulatory love. >>> meanwhile, calling off their engagement, quote, i love and cherish her and her boys and we will be close forever. >>> and this dancing toddler has gone viral after stealing the show from his dad, singer coffey anderson was doing a show in texas when 17-month-old ethan decided to show off. ♪ >> go, baby! go, baby! ♪ >> bounce with it. ethan comes by his skills naturally, by the way. his mother, a dancer who has appeared in videos for britney spears, rihanna and kanye west. we know where he gets it. back to matt, savannah and natalie in beverly hills. >> so cute. so, so cute. >> all right, willie, thanks so much. >>> al is over at the front desk at the four seasons. checking out, al? >> no, not yet. not yet. b
lance armstrong, the disgraced cycling legend promises to speak candidly today during an interview with oprah winfrey. armstrong has been stripped of his record seven tour de france titles because of doping allegations, many expecting him to make at least a partial confession today. that interview airs thursday. >>> wilde tweeted thanks for all the sweet congratulatory love. >>> meanwhile, calling off their engagement, quote, i love and cherish her and her boys and we will be...